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W. E. GRANDALL.

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Patented Jan. 2, 1883 WITNESSES: Z0 INVENTOR 1 mm MW PM ATTORNEY n. PETERS. mmuummwn Wuhinghn. o. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. ORANDALL, OF NEW-YORK, N. Y.

ROCKING HORSE AND GIG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,023, dated January 2, 188

Application filed November 20, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. ORANDALL, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Rocking Horse and Gig; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being lihd to the accompanying sheet of drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has for its object an improved rocking toy for children; and the invention consists in one or more horses combined with a spring gig and rockers, for the purpose hereinafter fully described.

In the accompanying drawing the figure is a perspective view of my invention.

bimilarletters ofreferenceindicatelike parts.

As is well known, spring-horses on a platform and horses without springs mounted on rockers have heretofore been made for the amusement of children; but of these the child as in the drawing, or otherwise. These springs" may be either fiat or spiral, but preferably thesoon tires, for the reason that they either cost too much elfort to impart motion to them, or

. because they lack in some particular an element that will lend to them a lasting source of interest.

To construct my toy, which is an improvement on the foregoing, a pair of rockers, A, are made,-of any convenient size and curve, placed parallel to each other and united by a platform, B. To each of these rockers are firmly bolted springs 0, either to their forward part,

former, and to the otheror upper ends of these springs are securely fastened either the front legs, a, or the hind legs, 11, of toy horses D, made of wood or any other suitable material.

These horses are secured together by braces 0.

Also fixed to the rockers A, at or near their rear ends, are two wheels, E, and to the upper segments of these wheels is fixed a gig-body, F. This body may have a seatwithin it, and

be suitably upholstered, if desired. To one of the braces c, or in some other convenient manner, may be attached reins 6, extending back to the gig-body.

The horses may have straps f to simulate traces and other parts of a harness; and it will be observed that the wheels have no axles, and therefore do not turn.

Now, whena child is seated in the gig Fand draws upon the reins e the horses 1] at once commence to oscillate on the springs l), which motion is communicated to the rockers A, causing the gig F to rock with them, while at the same time the horses not only rock in unison therewith, but have an oscillating motion on their springs independently of the rockers, so that a fair semblance ofa gig and team in motion is produced to afford infinite amusement to the child in the gig, while the exertion required to keep the device lll'lIlOtlOll imparts healthful exercise.

It is apparent that one horse may be used instead of two with the same result. Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp i l. A toy consisting of one or more springhorses, in combination with a pair of rockers, and a gig-body with-fixed wheels, which unite the gig to the rockers, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a toy, the combination of one or more spring-horses with a gig having fixed wheels,

a pair of rockers, and reins, substantially as q and for the purpose described.

3. In a toy, one or more horses, in ciombination with springs G, rockers A, a gigf-body, F, and wheels E, substantially as and for the purpose described. WM. EUR/ANDALL. Witnesses:

G. M. PLYMPTON, JNo. N. Burns. 

